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What do cartographers use to show the round Earth on a flat surface?
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∙ 11y ago
They use pencils silly, but the world is flat. If it were round you would of falled off.
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What is a flat drawing of the Earth called?
A flat representation of the Earth is called a map projection. The surface of the Earth cannot be accurately represented on a flat surface, so there are various way to approximate it. The different way are called projections.
Is the world is round or flat?
Round. Want proof? Find a picture of Earth from the moon. In 1969 a Earth Rise photo was taken showing the Earth in space.
What is a flat map called that represents a portion of the round earth?
That would be an Atlas.
Why in not possible to show the accurate shaps of countries and continents on map?
A map represents the earth's surface or a part on it of a flat surface. But the map has limitations. The biggest limitation of a map is when drawing a spherical surface of the earth onto a flat surface like a map. It hinders the drawing of an accurate map. Distortion of size, shape, and area, and discontinuity occurs in such depictions. Thus there are different kind of maps to fulfill the requirement of the people
Why is a globe more accurate than a flat map to represent Earths surface?
A flat map is two dimensional. A Globe is three dimensional. The Earth is three dimensional. If you try and express a three dimensional object using a two dimensional surface, you introduce distortions. A flat map has distortions, a globe is a truer representation.
What do you call a flat map earth's round surface?
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What is a system for mapping the round earth on flat surface called?
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What is the system called for mapping a round earth on a flat surface?
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What is a system for mapping the round earth on a flat surface is called?
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What is a system for mapping the round earth on a flat surface Calle?
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What is a system for mapping the round Earth on a flat surface?
it is a robinson projection
What is system for mapping the round earth on a flat surface called?
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What is a system for mapping the round earth on a flat surface called!?
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What is a way of showing the round earth on a flat surface?
on a flat map
What is a system of mapping the round earth on a flat surface called?
Is called projection .
Cartographers can represent the spherical Earth on flat paper by making a which is like casting shadows from the spherical world onto a flat piece of paper?
It is a drawing of the earth on a flat surface
What is a system for mapping the round the earth on a flat surface called?
Its called a projection map
